Athletics: Fan Appreciation Day set for Feb. 15

Feb 03, 2014

NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Norwich University will
host a Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday, Feb. 15 as part of Winter
Carnival Weekend 2014.

The full-day event will feature free food, games, prizes and
giveaways which coincide with the men’s and
women’s hockey and basketball teams all in action. It
will also serve as all four teams’ Senior Day games where
each team will honor its seniors with short ceremonies.

The basketball teams host Albertus Magnus for a doubleheader
with the women at 1 p.m. and the men at 3 p.m. The women’s
hockey team will also play at 1 p.m., as it hosts Castleton.
The men’s hockey team takes on UMass-Boston at 4 p.m., in a
crucial showdown for ECAC East Tournament playoff seeding.

The day kicks off at noon outside the entrance of Andrews/Doyle
Hall with Student Activities holding a street hockey game and live
DJ music. There will be free pizza available from Sodexo while it
lasts from noon to 1 p.m. Free Coca-Cola will be included.

From 2-4 p.m. there will be another round of free food for all
fans with hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches and chips provided by Depot
Square Pizzeria while it lasts in Doyle Hall. Coca-Cola will also
be distributed again.

At halftime of the women’s basketball game there will be a
3-point shooting contest for NU students with Power Beats by Dre
headphones going to the winner. The men’s basketball halftime
will feature a half-court shot contest with a Beats by Dre Studio
package going to the winner if they make the shot.

During the first intermission of both the hockey games,
Student Activities will host a five-minute broomball
exhibition. During the second intermissions, a Kreitzberg Arena
sled race will take place with the winners of the women’s
race getting Beats by Dre Tour and the men’s winner taking
home UR Beats by Dre.

From 1-4 p.m., parents of Norwich graduating seniors are invited
to stop in to the Hall of Fame Room where coffee and light
refreshments will be provided by the Maroon & Gold Athletic
Association.

The Norwich University Student Athlete Advisor
Committee will also be running a day-long 50/50 raffle during
all four games with the winner announced at the start of the third
period of the men’s hockey game.